Your Name: Raquel Bellot
Where your from originally: I am born in Mahon on the Balearic Island Menorca.
Where do you currently reside: Valencia, Spain
Languages you speak (native and secondary): Spanish and English
Current Age: 22
Age you started flying helis (and/or years flying helis): I have started flying RC Helicopters on the age of 15 Years and since two year into 3D Flying.
Do you also fly planes?” No
What mode do you fly (radio mode….mode 1 etc): Mode 2
Powerplant preference…electric or nitro:I like electric because of the consistency of power but I prefer nitro. This year I will be flying an Align Trex nitro and electric.
Stabilization preference….flybar or v-bar: I prefer flybarless because they fly very similar to the simulator which I like alot.
What do you do for a living out side of flying RC Helicopters: I study Economics and finances.
If this is your fulltime job which is your full time sponsor: N/A
Other Sponsors: Align, Freakware,Optifuel, Hacker,Edge Rotor Blades, TorQ Servos, Scott Gray.
Competitions competed in and finish’s if available:
2006 & 2007 1st place in Funfly in Segria Spain
2008 11th place in 3DX Spain
2008 17th place during the Taiwan Align Cup
2009 4th place in 3DX Spain
2009 1st place night flying competition 3DMasters
2009 18th position Expert Class in 3DMasters
2008 & 2009 Demo Align pilot during 3D Masters
2009 Demo Heli 3D Masters Munich Germany (Freakware)
2008 & 2009 Demo Alpine Heli Smackdown in Switzerland
Other projects your involved in inside the hobby ex: designer..instructional videos…:
I write articles of helicopters/products/events…in the best RC helicopter magazine in Spain (Helicopteros RC). This year I will finish my studies and will open my own RC shop specialized in helicopters called AreA51-RC.
Where do you see the hobby in the next 5 years: I would like to grow my hobby shop and sell the things I design.
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